We LOVE A Fight!

Starting a quarrel is like a leak in a dam,
    so stop it before a fight breaks out.

Proverbs 17:14 

 

We love a fight don't we?  We watch them on television. Some place wagers on the outcome. When I was in school, a disagreement would very quickly explode into a fight the outcome would settle the disagreement.  We love a good fight even when it's staged, like 'rasslin'. But think about how much we love a fight and love to fight.

 

Don't believe it?  EVERY love based relationship has fights.  However, we have to decide what kind of fight we are going to engage:

 

We can fight ABOUT things that really don't matter (because the Pit Dweller loves it when we fight about the trivial). When we fight about the things that, in all reality, aren't important, what purpose does that serve?  Before engaging in a fight ABOUT something, consider this: "If I die right after winning this fight, what difference will it make?"  Yet fighting each other ABOUT trivial things seems to be our first instinct.  We would rather prove that we are the one who is "right" regardless the cost to our relationship than to take the time to simply talk it out calmly and even agree to disagree.

 

Instead of fighting ABOUT things that really don't matter, what if we spent our energy and effort fighting FOR the relationship?  God tells us over and over that we are to love each other, and every relationship based on love (yes friendships are included, like it or not) are worth fighting for.  When Jesus took all the cruelty that we could inflict on Him, He was fighting FOR us because of His love for us.  When we fight FOR the relationship, we are fighting a common foe who is attempting to destroy the relationship.

 

The best fight of all eternity has already been settled when Jesus defeated the Pit Dweller by rising from the grave FOR us.